Snyder is the eighth person to have a Flint water case thrown out.
“The charges against were not properly brought and must be dismissed at this time,” Behm wrote, sending the case to a lower court for the final step, weeks after hearing arguments.
“That would be one of our many arguments,” Snyder attorney Brian Lennon told The Associated Press. “This is a victory and hopefully the end to this politically motivated prosecution.” He agreed that state government had botched the water switch, especially regulators who didn’t require certain treatments. But his defense team denies that Snyder’s conduct rose to the level of any crime.Michigan prosecutors typically file charges in a district court after a police investigation. A one-judge grand jury was rare and had mostly been used in Detroit and Flint to protect witnesses who could testify in private about violent crimes.
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